Erna Lorenzini June 09, 2023 MILAN, Italy — High-intensity interval training (HIIT) has been shown to enhance cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and mitigate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) in a randomized trial. Notably, the positive response in CRF did not coincide with changes in pain or fatigue. Kristine Norden...
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In search of the ‘inflammatory Achilles heel’
by Kyoto University Credit: iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106081 When our bodies become infected, various immune responses are triggered, starting with a release of granulocytes, white blood cells containing special enzymes that make up about half or more of all human white blood cells. Neutrophils are also granulocytes that fight off invasive bacteria and fungi, often with zero...
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Common medicine used to treat gout found to prevent progression of coronary disease
International study published in New England Journal of Medicine by Perth researchers HARRY PERKINS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH LEAD RESEARCHERS IN THE GROUNDBREAKING TRIAL. view more CREDIT: HARRY PERKINS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH An Australian-Dutch trial led by Perth GenesisCare cardiologists, Professor Peter Thompson and Dr Mark Nidorf, in collaboration with the Dutch Network for...
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Does the COVID-19 cytokine storm exist?
Research may have an impact on the chances of success of a specific treatment RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Inflammatory proteins, also known as cytokines, play a crucial role in the immune response. If this immune response is too strong, a phenomenon known as “cytokine storm”, it can cause harm to the patient. It has been...
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Reprogramming immune cells to reduce inflammation, promote tissue repair
by Jacqueline Carey, University of Illinois at Chicago Macrophages are white blood cells that, depending on the signals they get from the immune system, become specialized in either increasing or decreasing inflammation. When macrophages are programmed to be pro-inflammatory, they help to increase inflammation, which is beneficial for fighting infections; when they are programmed to...
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Inflammatory bowel disease linked to an immune cell run amok
New findings may provide new therapeutic target and help explain why IBD and other autoimmune diseases are often chronic and life-long UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO COLORIZED SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH OF A T CELL, A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE THAT PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE. view more CREDIT: NIAID Inflammatory bowel disease...
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Researchers reveal how THC may treat acute respiratory distress syndrome
by University of South Carolina Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), when caused by a bacterial toxin known as Staphylococcal enterotoxin, can be completely prevented by treatment with Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a cannabinoid found in the cannabis plant. This exciting finding, recently published in the highly cited British Journal of Pharmacology, also suggests a possible treatment for...
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Scientist unveils a 3-D printed device to excite nerves
by Jim Barlow, University of Oregon A tiny, thin-film electrode with a 3-D-printed housing has been implanted in the peripheral nervous system of songbirds, where it successfully recorded electrical impulses that drive vocalizations. The research is seen as an advance in the emerging field of bioelectronic medicine and eventually could lead to a new treatment...
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Antibiotics associated with increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Antibiotics use, particularly antibiotics with a greater spectrum of microbial coverage, may be associated with an increased risk of new-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its subtypes ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Harvard Medical School in the U.S., published in the...
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Bacteria’s secret weapon revealed
Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) scientists have discovered a previously unknown method used by bacteria to evade immune responses. The study, published in Nature Microbiology, points to potential new ways of countering bacterial infections, which are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. First author Dr Pankaj Deo said researchers in Dr Thomas Naderer’s laboratory took a...